State of Muskogee

State of Muskogee
1799–1803
Flag of Muskogee
Flag of the State of Muskogee
Motto: Libertad o Muerte (Spanish)
(English: "Liberty or Death")
StatusRepublic
CapitalMikasuke (near Tallahassee)
Largest cityN/A
Common languagesSpanish, English, Muskogean languages
Religion
Roman Catholic, Native American religions
GovernmentFree State
Director General 
• 1799–1803
William Augustus Bowles
LegislatureChamber of Deputies
History 
• Independence declared
1799
• Capture of William Bowles
May 24 1803
Population
• 1799
50,000−60,000
CurrencyUSD
Preceded by
Succeeded by
United States
New Spain
United States
William Augustus Bowles (1763-1805) was also known as Estajoca, his Muscogee name.

The State of Muskogee was a proclaimed sovereign nation located in Florida, founded in 1799 and led by William Augustus Bowles, a Loyalist veteran of the American Revolutionary War who lived among the Muscogee, and envisioned uniting the Native Americans of the Southeast into a single nation that could resist the expansion of the United States. Bowles enjoyed the support of the Miccosukee (Seminole) and several bands of Muscogee. He envisioned his state as eventually growing to encompass the Cherokee, Upper and Lower Creeks, Choctaw, and Chickasaw, in parts of present-day Georgia and Alabama.